Gold Member BOHICA Posted July 22, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 Shifting the resources towards EV development I guess. https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-07-20/ford-to-cut-8-000-jobs-bloomberg-news Ford Motor Co is preparing to cut up to 8,000 jobs in the coming weeks in a bid to reduce costs and intensify its focus on electric vehicles The cuts are expected in Ford's salaried workforce, as well as the Ford Blue unit created in March to run the company's internal combustion engine operations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 That and the fact shit is not moving off the lots any more no matter what BS they attempt to feed you . The i.c.e is as good a excuse as any to attempt to jeep the facade going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Those people have made some awful motors they should get fired. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: Those people have made some awful motors they should get fired. Just rolled 200k on one of my 5.0 trucks on tue . Could not pay me to buy a eco boot but I love the 5.0s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 8000 people and all they came up with was the ecobootht they deserve to be fired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 It is exciting!!!! Everyone is excited !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 22, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 So... just keep cutting salaried positions until you turn a better profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Internal combustions engines have pretty much reach the pinnacle of their design and efficiency. Nothing of significance to be gained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 22, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Internal combustions engines have pretty much reach the pinnacle of their design and efficiency. Nothing of significance to be gained. Wild idea here...........Take all those salaried people and put them on EV programs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Wild idea here...........Take all those salaried people and put them on EV programs Im sure we created 8,000 jobs just this week. All eyes turn to auto industry savior Haley Stevens….what do we do freekish little goblin woman? It doesn’t get a lot of play, but she saved the auto industry once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 22, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Cold War said: Im sure we created 8,000 jobs just this week. All eyes turn to auto industry savior Haley Stevens….what do we do freekish little goblin woman? It doesn’t get a lot of play, but she saved the auto industry once. Just flooded with her commercials still riding on that and Obama's coat tails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Just flooded with her commercials still riding on that and Obama's coat tails What else would she run on? You never hear about her until election time. She has huge National money behind her . She walks and talks like a retarded person. Edited July 22, 2022 by Cold War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I think Gretch has it in the bag. Eliminating the top 4 contenders off ballot with a Craig write in. I see she did pull the old jean jacket out the closet for good measure. fix the roads!!!!!!! They have either given up on Slotkin or believe she has it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Ez ryder said: That and the fact shit is not moving off the lots any more no matter what BS they attempt to feed you . The i.c.e is as good a excuse as any to attempt to jeep the facade going #1 It's Trumps fault #2 It's the Chip shortages soooo That makes it Trump & China's fault #3 The price of new cars & Trucks is F'n insane even the used market is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 22, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 Trying to evolve the transportation industry for the urban user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Will they be not making ice vehicles at all coming up? Vid out of Ford truck ev going 90 miles pulling a trailer - before it was dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Imagine if it was winter & heater & headlights were on. What's it go 60 miles then...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 New ev Cadillac is 300 k . Fighting for the poor! Always helping. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 23, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, Cold War said: New ev Cadillac is 300 k . Fighting for the poor! Always helping. Hand built EV caddy for 300K! Just days after they claimed to want to target the 30 to 40k range consumer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Hand built EV caddy for 300K! Just days after they claimed to want to target the 30 to 40k range consumer Yeah, sure. You can no longer afford anything, but here we are going to give you FREE water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 23, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Cold War said: Yeah, sure. You can no longer afford anything, but here we are going to give you FREE water! I wonder what "services" will be charged a monthly fee with this one SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Ford is fixing up my fave old building in Detroit and moving all the EV folks in soon. Seems they want to make this part of ford independent of other things they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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